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Previewing Retail and Restaurant Earnings For The Week (WEN, MCD, THI, JACK, M, JWN, VRA, KSS)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 1:38 pm

A number of retail store and restaurant stocks report earnings this week, including Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. (NYSE: WEN), Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Jack in the Box ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (ATVI, HL, LDK, RAX, SLW, TSN, CSIQ, DF, HELE, JASO, MCP, STEC, DIS, WEN, MT, CSCO, M, SYMC, TEVA, TM, JWN, NVDA, SPWRA, URBN)

Posted: May 6, 2011 at 3:35 pm

Earnings season is slowing down as we have over 80% of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011.  We do still have key companies ...
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Late Easter Really Boosts Retail Sales Data (COST, TGT, BJ, LTD, JWN, M, ARO, ZUMZ, HOTT)

Posted: May 5, 2011 at 9:25 am

Even though the month of April was one selling day shorter than March, the late Easter holiday more than made up for the shortfall at most retailers. The Thomson Reuters ...
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Commodities Watch: Cotton Prices and Retail Sales; Oil Highs; Stockpiling Rare Earths; Silver Vs. Gold (M, LTD, JWN, JCP, KSS, GPS, BAL, USO, MCP, REE, AVL, REMX, SLV, GLD)

Posted: April 7, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments.  We have cotton issues, oil spikes, issues around rare earth elements, and precious metals on the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, T, CP, CSX, GE, JLL, NFLX, JWN, RIMM, SNDK, UAL, UTI, VMW, ZION)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse; maintained ...
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Wal-Mart Raises Dividend, Will Other Retailers Follow? (WMT, COST, TGT, JCP, M, SHLD, JWN, BBY, GPS, KSS)

Posted: March 4, 2011 at 10:14 am

When the going gets tough, the tough raise their dividends. At least that's the way it seems with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which is having trouble meeting its revenue ...
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Unusual After-Hours Stocks on the Move (BRCD, DUCK, INTU, NR, JWN, SPWRA, RRGB)

Posted: February 17, 2011 at 5:17 pm

We have several huge stocks on the move in the after-hours session.  We are tracking the moves and active trading in Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), Duckwall-Alco Stores, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, APC, DO, MMM, FDX, SOLR, IPG, JBHT, KLIC, LIZ, MON, MWW, JWN, NSC, PM, RAX, UPS)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:01 am

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo. Anadarko Petroleum ...
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Same-Store Sales Brighten Holiday Outlook (BJ, TGT, COST, ANF, ARO, AEO, WTSLA, GPS, LTD, JWN, M, SKS)

Posted: December 2, 2010 at 9:32 am

Retailers are posting their November sales figures this morning, and the overall picture is looking bright. Shoppers are headed back to stores of every kind.  Big-box retailer BJ's Wholesale Club ...
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Major Insider Selling To Set Records in December (AMZN, BRK-A, DDS, DTV, DG, EMC, EXPE, FDX, GPS, GENZ, INTC, JBHT, MSFT, JWN, ORCL, RL, CRM, SLB, SBUX, SCHW, VMW, WMT, WFMI, WYNN, DELL, LVS, GOOG)

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 8:02 am

Insider selling by millionaire and billionaire corporate insiders is already rising, but it is about to go through the roof.  Forget the politics and forget the morale left behind as ...
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Select Winners & Losers in September Retail Sales (ANF, AEO, GPS, LTD, M, JWN, TGT, ZUMZ, RTH)

Posted: October 7, 2010 at 9:56 am

We already knew that September was not going to be as cautious in retail sales compared to some of the summer months.  What was not known was that some of ...
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Retailers See Role Reversal to Start September (COST, TGT, FDO, WMT, M, JCP, KSS, JWN, LTD, GPS, ANF, ARO, BKE, ZUMZ, HOTT)

Posted: September 2, 2010 at 11:05 am

Retailers are reporting August same-store sales numbers today, and on the whole the reports are positive after a very cautious and dismal July. August is prime back-to-school shopping time, the ...
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Endless Dollars For Share Buyback Plans (GPS, HPQ, MRVL, INTU, JWN, RSH, RL, DTV, DISCA, AMTD, IT)

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 9:05 am

Buybacks may not be considered the best return of capital by many investors and market pundits, but they are M&A-alternatives for management of companies.  The amount of share buybacks announced ...
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Over $100 Billion in Buybacks and M&A in August (HPQ, INTU, LO, VRSN, DTV, DISCA, GPS, JWN, MRVL, RSH, PAR, GENZ, POT, INTC, SCHW, MMM, DYN, SNY, BHP)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 7:57 am

$100 billion... That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements.  This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the ...
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Buybacks Keep Coming on Strong (ANN, DDS, GPS, HPQ, LO, MRVL, JWN, RSH, RMBS)

Posted: August 20, 2010 at 8:08 am

Earlier this year was the trend of hiking dividends, but now that so many companies have raised their quarterly payouts we are seeing the 'other' shareholder-friendly action taking place.  Buybacks ...
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